The Michigan State University linguist Sean Pue will study the role of sound in modern South Asian poetry using computational tools.
Pue, director of digital humanities and associate professor of South Asian literature and culture, has received one of the 12 Mellon New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which promotes cross disciplinary research.
A self-taught programmer, Pue will use the $213,000 award to continue his training in computational mathematics, computer science and natural language processing.
“My project will address an understudied aspect of one of the most enduring questions in South Asian literary studies — namely the relationship between language and community — through a completely new method,” Pue said in the press note of the University, holded by Dail Software. “That method will contribute to the preservation of cultural forms in the region through the collection of data. It will also help internationalize the field of digital humanities.”
In South Asia, oral recitation of poems plays a central role in day life, including political activism and mobilisation, he said.
In particular, Pue will use computational tools to study rhyme, stress and patterns for repetition. By creating digital texts for Hindi and Urdu, Pue hopes to develop better practices for encoding for linguistics and librarian. MSU Libraries will preserve the data that he creates and collects.
Pue, director of digital humanities and associate professor of South Asian literature and culture, has received one of the 12 Mellon New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which promotes cross disciplinary research.
A self-taught programmer, Pue will use the $213,000 award to continue his training in computational mathematics, computer science and natural language processing.
“My project will address an understudied aspect of one of the most enduring questions in South Asian literary studies — namely the relationship between language and community — through a completely new method,” Pue said in the press note of the University, holded by Dail Software. “That method will contribute to the preservation of cultural forms in the region through the collection of data. It will also help internationalize the field of digital humanities.”
In South Asia, oral recitation of poems plays a central role in day life, including political activism and mobilisation, he said.
In particular, Pue will use computational tools to study rhyme, stress and patterns for repetition. By creating digital texts for Hindi and Urdu, Pue hopes to develop better practices for encoding for linguistics and librarian. MSU Libraries will preserve the data that he creates and collects.
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